Mayor Fenty and the District of Columbia have pissed off Victor B. MacFarlane, owner of D.C. United and San Francisco based MacFarlane Partners, a real estate investment firm.
Now MacFarlane is looking for a new spot to place a new soccer stadium, outside D.C. proper.

Comptroller Peter Franchot has called upon the Maryland Stadium Authority to find [...]

I would like everyone to take a moment of silence for another Silver Spring staple that has recently left us for good.

Keeping an optimistic attitude, I’m going to make some lemonade with some so called lemons. After some digging, several points actually reveal that the Fillmore is a good deal for Silver Spring,  
 Exclusivity. When all is said and done (if they go as planned), there will be three Birchmere venues in the D.C. area but only [...]

Golf Etc opens in downtown Silver Spring. According to the website this is their only store in the immediate D.C. area. Too bad Indian Spring Golf Course is now McMansionville and the Sligo course is in limbo. A golf store in Silver Spring is a good indication the that the “preps” are moving in.

Benjamin Stutz, legislative aide to Coucilwoman Valerie Ervin, invited the Silver Spring Scene and two other fellow bloggers, to discuss the future music venue, (now officially LiveNation) on Colesville Road in Silver Spring with County Executive Isiah Leggett.

The following is Q&A from the various groups and the Leggett

Was it the Community that initiated talks with [...]

Hours after the announcement  of the Birchmere plans moving to College Park and only a couple days after Montgomery County Executive Leggett talked with the Silver Spring Scene about the future of a Silver Spring music venue, the Washington Post says an offical meeting will be held at noon to announce a deal.
Isiah Leggett along with LiveNation representatives [...]

Practically word for word, the full details on the music venue discussion with County Executive Isaiah Leggett will be coming soon to the Silver Spring Scene.

Date: Sat, September 8th 2007
Time: 2:00 to 10:30 p.m.
Location: Veterans Field (Turf)
More info at Silver Spring Downtown 

It’s been a while since the last post on the Silver Spring Scene, but the summer can make you do crazy things!  Everyone is on vacation and moving at snail pace (there’s a dearth of news on the other blogs as well).
The good news is that there’s a back log of news that needs to [...]